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[Bread on Conveyor]

Description: Photograph of several conveyor belts carrying loaves of bread through the Austin Baking Company factory. Various steps, ladders, and machinery can be seen amidst the conveyors, and fluorescent lights can be seen hanging from above.
Date: December 23, 1959
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 30.322149 -97.715192
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Industrial Bakery]

Description: Photograph of loaves of bread on a conveyor belt in an industrial bakery at Austin Baking Company (Butterkrust). Rows of fluorescent lights hang overhead and more conveyor belts and machinery can be seen in the foreground. A worker in an apron and hat can be seen beneath the conveyor with the bread. Large, floor to ceiling shelves filled with more loaves of bread can be seen int he background.
Date: December 23, 1959
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 30.322149 -97.715192
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Bread Oven]

Description: Photograph of a Butterkrust bakery (Austin Baking Company) bread oven. A very large machine stretches towards the back of the room that is intended for baking multiple loaves of bread. A worker can be seen in the background walking towards the end of the machine. In the foreground, unbaked bread loaves can be seen on a conveyor belt heading toward the front of the oven.
Date: January 18, 1960
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Canning Plant Exterior]

Description: Photograph of the exterior view of the Gebhardt Canning Plant. A single door entrance with a roof awning can be seen to the left along with three windows. A sign beside the door directing readers to an office can be seen. Two trucks are parked next to a loading dock to the right, and a building sign that reads "canning plant" can be partially seen in the right background.
Date: March 18, 1957
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Print Shop Workers]

Description: Photograph of two print shop workers operating on two sides of the same machine. The man can be seen in the foreground, wearing a short sleeved, striped shirt. The woman can be seen on the other side in a light colored blouse, glasses, and dark pants. Several piles of boxes can be seen behind the woman in the background. Stacks of paper can be seen to the right of the man in the foreground.
Date: May 18, 1978
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Bakery Worker]

Description: Photograph of an Austin Baking Company factory worker operating the knobs for a machine. He stands to the right of the photo and is wearing a light colored shirt, apron at the waist, and a cap with the name of the bakery printed on the side. An industrial catwalk can be seen hanging from above in the background.
Date: December 23, 1959
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 30.322153 -97.715246
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Workers at Machines]

Description: Photograph of two workers at unknown machines. The man seen at the machine in the foreground is in a light t-shirt and light jeans. The person seen at the machine in the background is in a darker t-shirt and dark jeans, and has dark, curly hair. A box of wipes or tissues with the brand name, "Kimwipes", can be seen in the foreground on a table to the right.
Date: September 18, 1980
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Gebhardt Canning Plant]

Description: Photograph of the Gebhardt Canning Plant, taken near an entrance, in which an empty road can be sen in the foreground and a girl in a light top and dark skirt can be seen to the left. The factory is fenced in with chain-link, and a sign with the factory name can be seen on a building in the background. A water tower can be seen behind the factory,and a parking lot with several cars can be seen to the right.
Date: March 18, 1957
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Printing Machines]

Description: Photograph of a very large industrial printing machine on the printing shop floor. Stacks of shelves can be seen in the background and long, fluorescent lights can be seen hanging from the ceiling above.
Date: May 18, 1978
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Printing Shop Floor]

Description: Photograph of an industrial printing shop floor where several very large printing machines can be seen. Two workers can be seen operating the machines. Two small shelving units full of various materials can be seen to the left and fluorescent lights can be seen hanging from above.
Date: May 18, 1978
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Workers at Ventilated Stations]

Description: Photograph of workers handling quartz tubes at work stations. Each station can be seen with a ventilation hood above it with an array of ducts coming out of the tops and leading towards the right. The workers can be seen seated at the stations to the left and they are wearing casual work clothes with specialized glasses that could either be for close inspection or welding protection.
Date: September 18, 1980
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Finishing a Bus]

Description: Photograph of an assembly line of Ford buses. In the center three men work on a nearly completed, unpainted bus. In the background to the right is a line of buses in various states of completion with several laborers around them. In the background on the left various tools and pieces of machinery are visible.
Date: 1955~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Seaholm Power Plant]

Description: Photograph of four metallic exhaust stacks at Seaholm Power Plant in Austin, Texas. A 1940s-era pickup truck and a coupe are parked in the foreground. Workmen can be seen walking at the base of the stacks.
Date: 1955~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Interior Construction]

Description: Photograph of the inside of a unidentified building undergoing extensive construction, possibly a factory. An overhead crane is visible in the center background above a large piece of machinery. In the foreground, a handrail runs around an opening to a lower story; standing against it on far left is a wooden barrel. A segment of offices with windows is visible on the second story to the left, above which a blurred man can be seen on scaffolding.
Date: 1955~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Fabricating Buses]

Description: Photograph of an assembly line of buses. Laborers can be seen in a line from the center-foreground to the left-background working on bodies and chassis of buses in various states of completion. In the background on the right are various pieces of machinery, behind which a completed bus can be seen.
Date: 1955~
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
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